Brussels Hilton

Our annual trip to Europe involved lots of rail travel. We home based at the Conrad Hilton in Brussels and made day trips to Amsterdam, Cologne, Brugge, and Paris. We then flew to Prague for 3 days before returning home to Austin

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We took the train from Central Station Amsterdam to Schiphol airport then took a slow train to Brussels.  Then we hopped the subway to our hotel.  We checked in and headed out for a beer.  We had a few at Morte Subite and then went out for ...

... stamps, we boarded our train to Brussels. So then we were in Brussels and we thought "Hey! ...There's nothing to do in Brussels." Except the waffles. And apparently it's the capital of the EU (yay?). And I've become addicted to a Lipton's sparkling ice ...

French movies always seem to have a scene shot at the train station. These photos are from the Gard de Nord Train Station. We took the train from Paris to Brussels to catch our flight. We spent the night at the Hilton Brussels City. ...

We took a trip organized through the Social Club to Brussels for the Christmas markets.  Others on the trip were Beth, Adam, D'Andre and Andrea.  We left Friday morning....  early.  The bus caught the train and we were in Brussels ...

This weekend we traveled to Brussels Belgium.  We visited the Grand Place center to see the early flower markets. Visited several beautiful sites in town and of course had Belgium Waffles, and world renown Belgium Chocolate !!!  We saw the ...

... in Brussels....but the statue certainly is a popular site there. And some how he seemed very fitting on a beer weekend in Brussels. WATERLOO AND BRUGGE After enduring the 2 hour non-tour tour and getting lost again on our way out of Brussels ...

... left, and rather than miss a year we reworked our agenda.  I was able to book a week at the Conrad Hilton in Brussels with Hilton points and we decided to make that our home base.   We used the high speed train to visit neighboring cities on ...

... Belgians!!! I again don't venture too far off from the hotel but I do venture far enough to realize I'm in a very rich part of Brussels because walking down the street I see; a Versace store, with right next door, Dior, and on the other side Gucci, ...

... off to Luxembourg (see Luxembourg blog).   After the Luxembourg trip we headed off for the capital of Belgium – Brussels. The camp site was basically in a very rural area with rolling fields all around us and we had to traverse quite ...

... long du lac Hoan Kiem, ces joggers matinal,.... Le but de mon expedition est toutefois de me rendre vers le fameux Hanoi Hilton, cette prison redoutee par tant de GI pour les tortures infligees et pour les atroces conditions de detentions. Il ne reste ...

... overcast day. We then drive to Bruges in Belgium,enjoying the scenery in this beautiful medievil town before continuing onto Brussels.Great weather stunning place....so old. Our orientation includes the Atonium, the Royal Palaces and a walk through the ...

... ! I was a bit apprehensive, but that doesn't stop the adventures. Anyway, this trip is from Koln to Paris, by way of Brussels. There are several stops between Koln and Brussels, so we are told the speed will only be around 100 mph most of the ...

... ask about it today - so lots of walking and then onto train - had to get bags down the stairs when we got into Brussels !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  not a happy scene.  Thinking by the time I got here, that from now on it is cruise or bus tours - ...

We left our hotel, which was a former palace, in Dutant, Belgium, and traveled to Brussels, Belgium this morningl  What a beautiful place!  Their square, called the Grand Place, is certainly that!  It is absoltuely beautiful!!  This is ...

... most part to the southwestern most part, it is really far and takes a really long time.  Last year we went from Brussels to Paris in no time flat.  It was about 400 kilometers, and it looked a similar distance between Vienna and Switzerland - ...

... and we were able to see a lot of the town. Third day, one of our group returned home early, one caught a train to Brussels and two of us continued to use our canal cruise tickets. We visited the Rembrandt house where he lived, raised his son, taught ...